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Wednesday, 9 February 2011

Crist, Sink to lead drilling ban effort

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Former Gov. Charlie Crist and former Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink said Wednesday that banning oil drilling will help protect the state's tourism economy and environment.They returned to Tallahassee to announce they will co-chair the petition drive to put a ban on oil drilling on the 2012 election ballot.As the Deepwater Horizon oil spill sent oil onto Panhandle beaches last July, Crist
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